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Goodman Brown went to the forest to meet the devil. He deceives his wife and calls it an errand. He wants to flirt with the dark side. He is fascinated with the evil Puratins are so scared of,

"With this excellent resolve for the future, Goodman Brown felt himself justified in making more haste on his present evil purpose. He had taken a dreary road, darkened by all the gloomiest trees of the forest, which barely stood aside to let the narrow path creep through, and closed immediately behind..."